Lorna Benson Feature Archive

The fatal shooting at a sign shop in Minneapolis is the state's deadliest workplace homicide in at least 20 years. Six people, including the gunman, are dead from the shooting. According to the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, until yesterday the highest number of employee's killed in any one case of workplace violence was two. Job termination is a well-known risk factor that can lead to workplace violence. But it's rarely the only reason.
(09/28/2012)

Many Minnesota parents may be wondering whether they should stop feeding their children rice after a report this week revealed that inorganic arsenic is present in dozens of rice products, including infant cereal.
(09/20/2012)

The Minnesota obesity rate will more than double in less than 20 years if the state's current weight-related trends don't change, according to an analysis from the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
(09/18/2012)

The University of Minnesota will lead a new center that will provide national guidance on the best ways to reshape health care education so graduates learn how to practice collaboratively.
(09/15/2012)

Minneapolis-based Medica says it will offer in-network access to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester and its system of clinics beginning July 1 for new enrollees in 22 southern Minnesota counties.
(06/14/2012)